Monday:
Greece is a small country in Europe
Is a peninsula
Greece is made up of 6,000 islands (only 227 inhabited)
The sea was important to the Greeks- Trade, Fishing, Transportation, Protection
Mountains made up 3/4's of Greece's land
Transportation was difficult and agriculture was difficult
Greece never had a large population
Olympics started in Greece
Happened every 4 years
Minoans were first civilization in Greece on Crete then Mycenaeans took over
Named after legendary Crete King Minos
Known for their advanced cities
Woman had a much higher status than in earlier civilizations
Tuesday:
Minoans highly advanced island of Crete
Great art, peaceful, Myceneans came and destroyed them, Minoa was believed to be Atlantis, Trade was important, Isolated on Crete, Earthquake/Tsunami destroyed it, Plato was the only person to write about Atlantis
Myceneans were warlike, Lots of city-states
Taken over by the Dorians
Homer gave information on the Trojan War (fought between Dorians and the Trojans)
Wednesday:
Polis- city
Acropolis- a settlement in a city on a higher ground used for defense and a place to discuss politics
Monarchy- a government ruled by one person
Aristocracy- government ruled by a small group of wealthy, landowning families
Oligarchy- a government ruled by a few powerful people
Tyrant- powerful individuals who seize control from the government
Democracy- rule by the people (Athens may have had the world's first democracy)
Education was only for the sons of the wealthy families, starting at 7, (reading, grammar, poetry, history, math, music, logic and public speaking) public debate and athletics were also stressed, once older they went to military school, girls were educated by their mothers in the home to do cleaning, cooking, child-rearing, etc
Sparta
Very powerful and had it's own army, It was a military state, Conquered other city-states for power and wealth, Valued duty and strength and discipline over freedom
Only men born in Sparta were citizens, women were not allowed to become citizens, Second class was foreigners and they could own businesses, third class was slaves
Literacy was not very important, training soldiers was stressed, boys left home at 7 to be soldiers until 30, athletics were stressed very much as well
Women received some military service, athletics were stressed, could run family estates when husband was off at war
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